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Isabel Nicholson Thomas
Curriculum Vitæ
I am currently working as a consultant in Biostatistics in the field of genetics, i.e., proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics, etc. in Lille & Paris, France.
Education
Master’s Degree in Environmental Science
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
Sep. 2020 - Dec. 2022
Complementary Certificate in Geomatics
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2022
Bachelors of Science in Geography
University College London (UCL)
London, United Kingdom
Sep. 2014 - Jul. 2017
Experience
Doctoral researcher (ETH Zürich, Chair of Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems)
Developed a quantitative model for optimising multi-objective environmental decisions under uncertainty.
Managed a research task for an international team on an EU Horizon 2020 project.
Contributed to co-creation process for a data visualisation platform with stakeholders in Cantonal administration.
Supervised research work of a scientific assistant and multiple students.
Zürich, Switzerland
Oct. 2023 - Present
Activities: Genome-wide association studies, experimental design, -omics data analysis, methodological developments, team management
Scientific Assistant (ETH Zürich, Chair of Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems)
Laboratory of Integrated Genomics
and Metabolic Diseases Modeling
CNRS UMR 8199 - EGID
(European Genomics Institute for Diabetes)
Zürich, Switzerland
Jan. 2023 - Sep. 2023
Activities: Genome-wide association studies, experimental design, -omics data analysis, methodological developments, team management
Quantitative Analyst Intern (UN Environment Programme)
Laboratory of Integrated Genomics
and Metabolic Diseases Modeling
CNRS UMR 8199 - EGID
(European Genomics Institute for Diabetes)
Geneva, Switzerland
Jun. 2022 - Aug. 2022
Activities: Genome-wide association studies, experimental design, -omics data analysis, methodological developments, team management
Spatial Data Analyst (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)
Laboratory of Integrated Genomics
and Metabolic Diseases Modeling
CNRS UMR 8199 - EGID
(European Genomics Institute for Diabetes)
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Apr. 2018 - Aug. 2020
Activities: Genome-wide association studies, experimental design, -omics data analysis, methodological developments
Awards (1)
Funding Allocation SFD-Lilly
“Société Francophone du Diabète”
(SFD)
Bordeaux, France
Mar. 2015
Project: Detection of new genomic variants associated with fasting blood glucose and incidence of type 2 diabetes simultaneously
Oral communications (6)
My Journey To Transparency And Reproducibility (French)
Min2Rien (www.min2rien.fr)
Online (Lille, France)
Apr. 2021
Jointly Modelling SNPs With Survival & Longitudinal Trait
A Statistical Seminar Applied on Type 2 Diabetes
(Host: Pr. Paul Franks)
Lund, Sweden
Jan. 2019
Jointly Modelling SNPs With Survival & Longitudinal Trait
Thematic Day “Statistic & Genomic”
of the “Réseau Interdisciplinaire
autour de la Statistique”
(RIS) (ris.cnrs.fr)
Paris, France
Oct. 2018
Longitudinal Genetic Modelling: Revisiting Associations of SNPs Associated With Blood Fasting Glucose in Normoglycemic Individuals
Statistical Methods for Post Genomic Data
(SMPGD) (math.univ-lille1.fr/~celisse/SMPGD)
Lille, France
Feb. 2016
Poster communications (4)
“Variants Génétiques Associés à la Trajectoire de la Glycémie à Jeun et à l’Incidence du Diabète de Type 2: Une Approche par Modèle Joint” (CA-075)
Annual Congress of
“Société Francophone du Diabète”
(SFD)
Lille, France
Mar. 2017
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated With Fasting Blood Glucose Trajectory And Type 2 Diabetes Incidence: A Joint Modelling Approach
4th Symposium
European Genomic Institute for Diabetes
(EGID)
Lille, France
Nov. 2016
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated With Fasting Blood Glucose Trajectory And Type 2 Diabetes Incidence: A Joint Modelling Approach
International Genetic Epidemiology Society
(IGES)
Toronto, Canada
Oct. 2016
Application of Joint Models in Genetic Association Studies
International Genetic Epidemiology Society
(IGES)
Baltimore, United-States
Oct. 2015